Cable-fastener.



L. A. YOUNG.

CABLE FASTENER.

APPLIGATION FILED AUG. 12, 1911.

Patented Nov. 14, 1911 1 IIIIII aria/"Mal COLUMBIA PLANOGRAPN co..WASHINGTON. n. c.

ATENT OFFICE.

LEONARD A. YOUNG, OF DETROIT, MICHIGAN.

CABLE-FASTENEB.

T 0 all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, LEONARD A. YOUNG, a citizen of the United States ofAmerica, residing at Detroit, in the county of Wayne and State ofMichigan, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Cable-Fasteners, of which the following is a specification, reference beinghad therein to the accompanying drawings.

In securing cables, and more particularly those woven or twisted ofsteel or iron, in places where they are subject to constant vibration,as for example, in standing rigging, in stays for outomobile tops andthe like, it is necessary that they be so secured as to undergo thisvibration without crystallizing at the places where they are made fast.It is also desirable that the attachment be of such character that acable secured. thereby can be taken up or released if necessary.

This invention relates to cable fasteners wherein provision is made forpreventing crystallization of the cable and for taking up slack ifnecessary.

The invention consists in the matters hereinafter set forth and moreparticularly pointed out in the appended claim.

In the drawings, Figure 1 is a view partially in section and partiallyin elevation of a cable stay secured at its extremities by fasteningmeans that embody features of the invention; Fig. 2 is a View in detailof one of the fastening means, partially in elevation and partially insection, taken at right angles to Fig. l; and Fig. 3 is a view in crosssection taken on or about line 33 of Fig. 1.

As herein indicated, a hook 1 of suitable material has a shank with aslightly flattened and widened intermediate portion 2 provided with apair of transverse openings 3 and 4 with smoothly rounded margins. Theend portion 5 of the shank is substantially tubular with a pair ofbendable lips or walls 6 adapted to be forced together so that theirmargins 7 are in abutting relation. Interior projections or bosses 8maintain the opening through the body of the end portion if the margins7 are brought into contact. To secure a cable or like flexible memher tothe hook the latter is passed through the bore of the end portion of theshank and in and out through the openings 4 and 3,

Specification of Letters Patent.

Application filed August 12, 1911.

Patented Nov. 14:, 1911.

Serial No. 643,788.

the free end 9 being'brought back between the walls 6 and outside of theprojections 8. The walls 7 are then forced together over the cable end,firmly gripping the same and preventing dislodgment. The bore of thetubular portion of the shank, or the axial opening through which themain part of the cable is passed, is arranged to have a greater diameterthan that of the inserted cable, so as to leave free play between theshank and the cable. If the cable and fastener is to be used as a stayfor an automobile top or the like it may be covered with leather 10 orlike weather-proof flexible sheeting, the latter extending well over theopenings of the shank. Obviously the portion of the fastener beyond theshank may be either a hook, an eye, a buckle, clip or of any desiredform. By this construction a cable is readily secured in the fastenerwithout soldering and without tying the cable. If it is desired to takeup any slack the walls gripping the end portion may be temporarilyforced apart and the cable drawn taut. As the shank does not come incontact with the cable except at the rounded corners any vibrationimparted to the fastener does not tend to crystallize the cable as wouldbe the case if the latter were gripped tightly at the point where itleaves the fastener.

Obviously, changes may be made in the details and. construction withoutdeparting from the spirit of the invention and I do not care to limitmyself to any particular form or arrangement of parts.

What I claim is The combination with a fastener having a shank providedwith a pair of transverse openings and with a substantially tubular endportion beyond the openings with a pair of laterally extending walls,and projections on Copies of this patent may be obtained for five centseach, by addressing the Commissioner of Patents, Washington, D. G.

